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Plane trouble in India as Boeing suspends 737 Max production

Spicejet has the biggest orders of 737 Max planes, will need to re-evaluate its future expansion plans.

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There is no doubt the original B737 is a workhorse that is absolutely safe. It has proven itself. The problem is with the cosmetic and commercial extensions on the MAX-8 that have stretched things beyond the design's capability

Sai Manish New Delhi
Boeing announced on Tuesday it would suspend producing 737 Max planes as the certification process of the safety of these planes by the Federal Aviation Administration would move into 2020.

Boeing said that halting production would help it deliver stored aircrafts and its decision to suspend 737 Max production was determined by “uncertainty about the timing and conditions of return to service and global training approvals.” The 737 MAX’s have been grounded by aviation authorities across the globe after two fatal crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 in Indonesia and Eithopia respectively killed 346 people on board.

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